Curtain-rod ornament.



No. 857,658 PATENTBD JUNE 25, 1907. "I. NBWBLL.

GURTAIN ROD ORNAMENT. APPLICATION nun mm; as. 1906.

Attest: Inventor:

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THOMAS N EWELL, OF WATERBURY, C

ON N ECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO AMERICAN PIN COMPANY, OF WATERVILLE,CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF CONNECTICUT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

CURTAIN-ROD ORNAMENT.

Application filed June 23,1906. $eria1N0- 323,169.

To aZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, THOMAS NEWELL, resi ding in the city of Waterbury,State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Curtain-Rod Orna- .ments, of which the following, taken inconjunction with the accompanying sheet of drawings, is a full and truespecification.

This invention relates to end ornaments for curtain rods and similardevices, and aims to provide an improved and simplified means wherebysaid ornaments may be rigidly but removably attached to their rods; andthe invention consists in the combination with the shell of the ornamentof an expansible rod clamping tube, supported within the same in asimple manner which will be hereinafter fully described, and which willalso be observed to involve the least possible number of manipulationsin its manufacture.

Referring to the accompanying sheet of drawings, Figure 1 is a centralsection of a ball ornament containing this invention; Fig. 2, is asectional view on line II-II of Fig. 1 Fig. 3 is a modified form of theinvention applied to a different style of ornament; and Fig. 4 is asection on line IV- IV of Fig. 3.

The body of the shell shown in Figs. 1 and 2 is made of two separateparts, the part indicated by being joined to that indicated by 2, bymeans of an ordinary seam so as to form a substantially spherical body.An opening is made or left in one of the members of the shell for thereception of the end of the curtain rod. The interior tube, designated3, is of a length substantially equal or slightly longer than thediameter of the shell, and is confined within the shell with one endseated firmly against the inner concave wall thereof, opposite thecurtain rod opening, while the other end is secured to the'margin ofsaid opening by means of the inturned flange 4- thereof. The tube 3 issplit longitudinally as shown and is also slightly tapered toward itsinner end so th at it may expand when the curtain rod is thrust into it.

' The curvature of the wall of the shell is sufficient to hold the endof the tube properly in central position within the shell, but is not sogreat as to sion of the said end when the tube has to adapt itself tothe relatively larger diameter of the curtain rod. The pressure of thetube prevent the slight eXpanagainst the concave wall serves to increaseits natural elasticity, and by proper adjustment of said pressure in thefirst instance, a split tube of comparatively thin stock may be made tohave a firm and positive grip upon the rod. The pressure of the tubeagainst the shell is, of course, brought about by the connection of thetube at the curtain rod opening, the tube being of sufficient length toreach the concave wall as above described.

In Figs. 3 and 4 the body of the shell consists of a hollow body whichis crimped horizontally so as to give a fancy appearance. In this formof ornament, there is an opening at both ends and the split tube 3 bearswith one end against the concave wall adjacent one of said openings andis. secured in this position by means of two annular flanges, designated5 and 6, which are formed on the said tube and located respectively onopposite sides of the margin of the other opening. The end of the tubeprotrudes slightly from the shell as shown and the two flanges arepressed firmly together so as to clasp the crimped margins of theopening and thereby hold the tube in position and prevent itswithdrawal. The opening in the shell adj acent the inner end of the tubemay be closed by further ornamentation if desired, and the extent towhich the free end of the tube projects from the shell may be varied asdesired. IVhen the curtain rod is pushed into the tube, it is clasped byit and the ornament is firmly held in proper alinement with the rod.

It will be undertsood that the invention is i not limited to thespecific form of ornament as herein illustrated, but that the inventionmay be applied in obvious manner to a great variety of ornamental rodterminals.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent of the United States is 1. A curtain rod ornamentconsisting of a hollow shell having an opening therein and an eX ansiblehollow-supporting tube inside said shell adapted to bind on the curtainrod, one end of'said tube being secured to the shell adjacent saidopening and the other being seated against the opposite wall of saidshell.

2. A curtain rod ornament consisting of a hollow shell having an openingtherein for Patented June 25, 1907.

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the reception of the curtain vided, opposite said opening, with aninterior concave wall, in combination with a split tube adapted toreceive the aforesaid curtain rod within the shell, said tube beingsecured at one end to the shell at a point adjacent the said opening andhaving its other end seated against said concave wall, the

rod, and proi l l l 5. A curtain rod ornament consisting of a hollowshell having an opening therein for the reception of the rod, and arod-clamping tube having one end seated against the inner wall of saidshell and provided with annular flanges formed upon it and respectivelylo curvature of said wall being sirliicient to hold cated on oppositesides of the margin of said the said end in central position and not soi opening to great as to prevent a slight expansion of said split tubein accommodating itself to the curtain rod.

3. A curtain rod ornament consisting of a substantially spherical hollowshell having an opening therein, in combination with a s litrod-clamping tube adapted to receive t 1e end of the curtain rod thrusttherein, inside said shell, having one end located adj acent to andsurrounding the said opening, and the other end seated against the innerwall of said shell, diametrically opposite from said opening.

old the end of said tube in contact with said inner wall of the shell.

6. A curtain rod ornament comprising a hollow shell ha ving an openingtliereinto receive the rod, in combination with a split tube having oneend seated against the inner concave wall of'said shell and the otherextending through said opening and means for securing said tube withinsaid opening to prevent its withdrawal from the said inner wall, saidtube being adapted to removably hold the end of a curtain rod thrustinto the aforesaid opening in the shell.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my 4. A curtain rod ornamentconsisting of a name to the specification in the presence of hollowshell having an openmg therein, and formed with an inner concave wallopposite said opening in combination with an interior rod-clamping tubehaving one end seated against said concave wall and provided near itsother end with flanges embracing the two subscribing witnesses.

THOMAS NEWELL.

Witnesses:

T. E. BARTLETT, H. B. JENKINS.

